The Covenants and the Covenanters: Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation
1895
The Covenants and the Covenanters: Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation
1895
The Covenants and the Covenanters, written by James Kerr and first published in 1895, provides a historical account of the Covenanters in Scotland. It details their struggles against the Papacy and monarchy to secure religious liberty, emphasizing the significance of covenants like the National Covenant of 1580. Kerr illustrates the spiritual fervor that motivated the Covenanters to unite for pure worship, highlighting their impact on Scottish history and the Reformed Church. This work serves as a crucial source for understanding the intersection of faith, politics, and civil liberty in Scotland.
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“For the sacrament of baptism; how cruel are men grown to their little infants, by keeping of them from the seal of entrance into the kingdom of heaven, and making their children to be just in the same condition with the children of Turks and Infidels?””
— James Kerr
“The Reformed Presbyterian Churches of Scotland and Ireland are the only Churches within the British Dominions that take this position of political dissent””
— James Kerr
“Those who enter into the possession of valuable estates, secured for them by the toil and struggles of ancestry, do not renounce their estates because they themselves were not consulted in the execution of the title deeds. These deeds of the Covenanters, and the heritage secured by them, were obtained through the noblest sacrifices. They were deeds presented before the Throne, and registered in the Court of heaven, and those who repudiate them incur the risk of an awful forfeiture.””
— James Kerr
“No Christian should ever dare to seek relief from the claims of Christ; it is his honour to acknowledge and live and die for them.””
— James Kerr
“No, their weapons will not be carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. They will go to the Covenant God of the kingdom, and they will stand before Him, saying, "Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse." Scotland will renew her covenant with God. The””
— James Kerr
“The young Church of Scotland was based on the Word of God, anti-papal, free, reformed, and covenanting, and in that character acknowledged by the State.””
— James Kerr
“At Edinburgh, in 1557, they entered into "ane Godlie Band," vowing that "we, by His grace, shall, with all diligence, continually apply our whole power, substance, and our very lives to maintain, set forward and establish the most blessed Word of God.””
— James Kerr
“all heresy and error whatsoever must be opposed by him, to the uttermost of his power; and by the covenant, the king must be far from toleration of any false religion within his dominions.””
— James Kerr
“the king is bound without respect of persons, to extirpate popery, prelacy, superstition, heresy, schism, and profaneness, and whatsoever shall be found contrary to sound doctrine, and the power of godliness.””
— James Kerr
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